Mars Thermal Inertia and Surface Temperatures by the Mars Climate Sounder

Sylvain Piqueux, David M. Kass, Armin Kleinböhl, Marek Slipski, Paul O. Hayne, Daniel J. McCleese, John T. Schofield, Nicholas Heavens

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
USA

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Corresponding author: Sylvain Piqueux
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Supporting files associated with the paper "An Overview of Mars Surface Temperatures and Thermal Inertia by the Mars Climate Sounder"

###Figure 01###
Figure_01.map
Description: MCS Channel B1 data-derived thermal inertia map.
1080 x 540 array of integers
Unit: Jm^{-2}K^{-1}s^{-1/2}
Ignore: 0
Backplanes: Latitude_SC.dat and Longitude_SC.dat

###Figure 02###
Figure_02.tab
Description: MCS (Fig. 1, column 1) versus TES thermal inertia ([Putzig et al., 2005], column 2) values from 45N to 45S. 
2 x 292409 array of integers
Unit: Jm^{-2}K^{-1}s^{-1/2}
Ignore: N/A

###Figure 03###
Figure_03.tab
Description: MY 28 MCS nadir (column 1) versus MY 29-37 MCS High Emission Angle (column 2) thermal inertia values with 111 < Ls < 140 in 55N-30N and 20S-37S. 
Latitude range selected to avoid the aphelion cloud belt, polar ices, and illuminated surfaces at ~3AM, see text).
2 x 37001 array of integers
Unit: Jm^{-2}K^{-1}s^{-1/2}
Ignore: N/A

###Figure 05###
Figure_05.tab
Description: Apparent rock abundance correction factor (columns 1-6) as a function of aspect ratio (i.e., h/D, with D = 2R) and emission angle (column 7).
7 x 89 array of floats
Units: [1] and degrees
Ignore: N/A

###Figure 06###
Figure_06.tab
Description: Temperature underestimation as a function of emissivity at 32 µm.
Columns 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11: Temperature underestimation associated with adjacent column (to the right).
Columns 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12: Brightness temperature
12 x 19 array of floats
Units: K
Ignore: N/A

###Figure 07###
Figure_07.tab
Description: Apparent thermal inertia increase relative to nadir view (columns 1-5) for a surface composed of fines as a function of emission angle (column 6).
A: RA = 2%. B: RA =12%. C: RA = 30%.
Columns 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: Apparent thermal inertia increase relative to nadir view
Column 6: Emission angle
6 x 89 array of floats
Units: [%] and degrees
Ignore: N/A

###Figure 08###
Figure_08.map
Description: MCS Channel B1 minimum surface temperature map.
1080 x 540 array of floats
Units: K
Ignore: 999.99
Backplanes: Latitude_SC.dat and Longitude_SC.dat

###Figure 09###
Figure_09.tab
Description: Detectability of an endogenic heat source at 32 microns as a function of the anomaly temperature and its relative size relative to an observation footprint. 
X axis: hotspot temperature (150-1500 K, 1 K increment).
Y axis: % hotspot (0-100%, 0.1% increment)
1351 x 1001 array of floats
Units: K
Ignore: N/A

###Figure 10###
Figure_10N.map
Description: MCS Channel B1 minimum surface temperature map (afternoon observations only, to increase the contrast of cap edges relative to adjacent defrosted terrains), North.
540 x 540 array of floats
Unit: K
Ignore: 999.99
Backplanes: Latitude_PN.map and Longitude_PN.map

Figure_10S.map
Description: MCS Channel B1 minimum surface temperature map (afternoon observations only, to increase the contrast of cap edges relative to adjacent defrosted terrains), South.
540 x 540 array of floats
Unit: K
Ignore: 999.99
Backplanes: Latitude_PS.map and Longitude_PS.map

###Figure 11###
Figure_11.map
Description: MCS Channel B1 maximum surface temperature map.
1080 x 540 array of floats
Unit: K
Ignore: 999.99
Backplanes: Latitude_SC.dat and Longitude_SC.dat

###Figure 12###
Figure_12N.map
Description: MCS Channel B1 maximum surface temperature map, North.
540 x 540 array of floats
Unit: K
Ignore: 999.99
Backplanes: Latitude_PN.map and Longitude_PN.map

Figure_12S.map
Description: MCS Channel B1 maximum surface temperature map, South.
540 x 540 array of floats
Unit: K
Ignore: 999.99
Backplanes: Latitude_PS.map and Longitude_PS.map

###Figure 13###
Figure_13.map
Description: MCS Channel B1 average surface temperature map. See text, this map is close but not equivalent to a true annual average surface temperature map.
1080 x 540 array of floats
Unit: K
Ignore: 999.99
Backplanes: Latitude_SC.dat and Longitude_SC.dat

###Backplanes###
Latitude_SC.map and Longitude_SC.map, Simple Cylindrical
Description: Latitude and longitude backplanes, respectively
1080 x 540 array of floats
Ignore: N/A

Latitude_PN.map and Longitude_PN.map, Polar (North)
Description: Latitude and longitude backplanes, respectively
540 x 540 array of floats
Ignore: 999.99

Latitude_PS.map and Longitude_PS.map, Polar (South)
Description: Latitude and longitude backplanes, respectively
540 x 540 array of floats
Ignore: 999.99

